Awning



C; H. LLOYD Sept. 10, 1929.

AWNING Filed Feb. 15, 1928 Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

UNETELD STATES CHESTER H. LLOYD, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. c

AWNING.

Application filed February is, 1928. serial um 254,812."

This invention relates to awnings and more tically slidable upon guide rods from opera-- tive to inoperative position.

These arms in the present construction of such awnings are held in operative position upon the rods by means of pins inserted through the rods. These pins are difficult to insert and often become lost and additionally require the formation of an opening in the guide rod which is a material factor in the expense of the completed awning. An important object of this invention is to provide neans for supporting these arms in operative position which is permanently connected with the awning supports, which may be readily placed in its operative position and which is incorporated in a normal part of the structure of the awning.

A further and more specific object of the invention is to provide a hook supported dircct- 1y from the upper guide rod bracket of an awning which is adapted to engage the arm of the awning when in operative position and support the same.

These an d other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein 2- Figure 1 is a side elevation partially in section showing an awning embodying an arm supporting element constructed in accord ance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, the dotted lines illustrating the reversibility of the hook.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral generally designates the guide rod of an awning and 11 the upper attaching bracket thereof. This attaching bracket comprises a socket 12 receiving the upper end of the guide rod and having an offset verticalcxtension 13 adapted to flatly abut the frame of a door or window to which the awning is to be applied and be secured thereto by securing elements 14. The numeral 15 designates the usual yoke slidable upon the of set extension and having at its outer the guide 10 and having a head 16'to which the awning arm 17 is pivoted at 18.

Inaccordance with my invention, I provide upon the extension 13 of the socket 12 an outstanding post 19, the outer end of which is reduced, indi 'atcd at 20, to form a pivotal support for an elongated shank 21 of a hook 22. The height of the post 19 to theshoulder 3 produced by the reduction is su'liicient to enable the hook, when swinging about the pivot 20, to clear the socket 12 and properly engage with'the neck 24 connecting the head 16 with the yoke 15. This shank may be held in position upon the pivot by a cotter pin 25 directed through the pivot or any other suitable means. Between the retaining element employed and the shank, a washer 26 is pref erably disposed.

It will be obvious that by employing a construction of this character, the only variation of the structure necessary to adapt the device to use either on the right hand or left hand side of an awning is the reversal of the hook shank upon its mounting. Thus, there will be no necessity for keeping in stock two different forms of the device. The structure necessitates no alteration in the construction. of any part with the exception of the socket and accordinglymay be cheaply adaptedto awning structures now in use or in the process of manufacture.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially dcparting from the spirit of the invention, 1 do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimec. L

I claim p 1. In an awning construction a guide rod, a socket receiving the upper end of the guide rod and having, an offset extension whereby it may be secured to a support and maintained in spaced relation thereto, a yoke slidable upon the guide rod and an arm pivoted to the yoke, of a post extending outwardly from end a reduced portion forming a pivot and a hook having its shank mounted upon the pivot and swinging in a plane clearing'the socket and intersecting the yoke.

2. In an awning construction, a guide rod, a socket receiving the upper end of the guide rod and having an ofiset extension whereby it may be secured to a support and maintained in spaced relation thereto, a yoke slidable upon the guide rod and an arm pivoted to the yoke, of a post extending outwardly from the offset extension and having at its outer end a reduced portion forming a pivot, and a hook having its shank mounted upon the pivot and swinging in a plane clearing the socket and intersecting the yoke said hook being reversibly engageable with said pivot.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix my signature. 7

CHESTER H. LLOYD. 

